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The Assistant
• Robert Walser
LITERATURE •
2007 •
PAPER
This classic by the neglected Swiss modernist Robert Walser -- who was admired greatly by Kafka, Musil, Walter Benjamin, and W. G. Sebald -- is now presented in English for the very first time.
(SWZ61, $16.95) |
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The Bernese Alps, Switzerland
• Kev Reynolds
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
A compact, practical guide to exploring the high mountains, glaciers and valley walks of Interlaken, Grindelwald and Kanderstag. This guide covers not only the Bernese Oberland but also the south side of the Jungfrau.
(SWZ39, $22.95) |
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Bodies from the Ice
• James M. Deem
SCIENCE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 58 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Deem offers kids a glimpse into prehistory through mummified human remains discovered at glacial sites around the world. The book focuses primarily on Otzi, a well-preserved 5,500-year-old corpse found in the Alps in 1991.
(SCI268, $17.00) |
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Bradt Guide Switzerland Without a Car
• Anthony Lambert
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
This guide, fully updated to include the latest route information, including the recent opening of the Lotschberg base tunnel, provides everything a traveler needs to negotiate both the famous landmarks and little-known secrets of this compact country. It describes every railway line, reveals what there is to see from each station, and details the connecting journeys by steamer, bus, funicular, cableway, bicycle and on foot.
(SWZ27, $22.99) |
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Cadogan Guide Switzerland
• Norman Renouf
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 316 PAGES
Completely redesigned with full-color touring maps, new introductions and two-color layout, this new Cadogan Guide Switzerland combines personality, in-depth knowledge and hand-picked sights and recommendations.
(SWZ72, $21.95) |
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Fodor's Switzerland
• Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 628 PAGES
A practical, comprehensive guide to Switzerland from the popular series, featuring information on what to see and where to eat, sleep and shop.
(SWZ59, $22.99) |
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Frommer's Switzerland
• Darwin Porter
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 500 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout.
(SWZ71, $21.99) |
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Geneva Map
• ITMB
MAP
A detailed traveler's map of Geneva, Switzerland at a scale of 1:6,000. One Side. 39x27 inches.
(SWZ51, $8.95) |
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I'm Not Stiller
• Max Frisch
LITERATURE •
1994 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
Now published for the first time in its entirety, this haunting story of a man in prison who claims not to be himself raises disturbing questions of identity and self-acceptance. A masterpiece of post-World War II fiction, it commands attention from the first sentence and explores many layers of meaning as a Swiss who expatriated himself to America returns home under a pseudonym and denies his Swiss origins in an exercise of self-discovery.
(SWZ08, $27.95) |
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Lonely Planet Switzerland
• Damien Simonis
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 404 PAGES
Get moving with this guidebook that includes a 30-page Walking-in-Switzerland chapter with maps. Also includes information on Liechtenstein, the small nation often left out of other travel books. color photos, 92 maps.
(SWZ43, $22.99) |
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The Magic Mountain
• Thomas Mann
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 755 PAGES
In this classic novel of ill health in a sanatorium in the Swiss mountains, the author explores disease as a symbol of the sick, capitalistic society of pre-World War I Europe. The sanatorium as a microcosm of the continent reveals a society exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. This monumental work pulses with sexual tension, intellectual ferment and life in the midst of death.
(SWZ07, $19.00) |
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Matterhorn Map
• Swiss Government
MAP
A detailed topographic map of the Matterhorn, published by the Swiss government at a scale of 1:25,000. Two Sides. 23x31 inches.
(SWZ50, $16.95) |
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Monte Rosa Map
• MapLink
1998 •
MAP
A Swiss-produced topographic map of the Monte Rosa massif, at a scale of 1:100,000. Two Sides. 22X30.5 inches.
(SWZ41, $14.00) |
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A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
• Dorothy Gilman
MYSTERY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A secret agent like no other, feisty grandmother Mrs. Pollifax goes to Switzerland to track down a missing package of plutonium -- just enough to make a small atomic bomb. The fourth in the series.
(SWZ65, $7.99) |
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Eyewitness Guide Switzerland
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 328 PAGES
A compact, illustrated guide to Switzerland and the Swiss Alps, featuring over 900 photographs, illustrations and maps, as well as plenty of information on places to eat, stay and visit.
(SWZ45, $25.00) |
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Rick Steves' Switzerland Guide
• Rick Steves
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guru Rick Steves.
(SWZ46, $19.95) |
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Rough Guide Switzerland
• Matthew Teller
GUIDEBOOK •
1010 •
PAPER
• 552 PAGES
This comprehensive guide in the British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Switzerland, detailed travel information, and dozens of sketch maps. It's an excellent choice for the independent traveler.
(SWZ24, $22.99) |
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Selected Stories
• Robert Walser
LITERATURE •
2012 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• COMING IN OCTOBER
This collection gathers forty-two of Walser's stories. Encompassing everything from journal entries, notes on literature, and biographical sketches to anecdotes, fables, and visions, it is an ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, " If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place."
(SWZ62, $15.00) |
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Swiss Bernese Oberland
• Philip & Loretta Alspach
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 112 PAGES
A brief, illustrated guide to mountains, lakes and villages of the Bernese Oberland, especially valuable for the independent traveler. With 50 color pictures, maps and good information on food, drink, and the mountain villages of Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen, Murren and Kandersteg.
(SWZ38, $18.95) |
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Swiss Watching, Inside Europe's Landlocked Island
• Diccon Bewes
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2010 •
PAPER
• 310 PAGES
Diccon Bewees, a neutral Brit, covers cheese, chocolate, William Tell, bureaucracy and banks, all with humor and research, offering as well tips on greetings and etiquette, crossing g the street and making a line in this entertaining cultural portrait.
(SWZ73, $19.99) |
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Switzerland Southeast 553 Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
2007 •
MAP
A detailed regional map covering southern Switzerland and neighboring areas of Italy and Austria at a scale of 1,200,000. With city plans of St-Moritz and Lugano. The map covers from Zug and Stans across to St-Moritz and south to Milan. More detailed topographical maps are available in Switzerland. One Side. 40x49 inches.
(SWZ36, $12.95) |
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Switzerland Southwest 552 Map
• Michelin
2003 •
MAP
A detailed travelers map at a scale 1:200,000 for the French-speaking part of Switzerland and neighboring regions of France and Italy. With city plans including Geneve, Lausanne and Fribourg. The map covers from Zurich south to Zermatt and Aosta and across to Geneva. More detailed topographical maps are available in Switzerland. One Side. 40x52 inches.
(SWZ34, $8.95) |
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Walkers' Haute Road, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn
• Alexander Stewart
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Featuring 60 maps, town and village plans and practical information, this comprehensive guide in the Trailblazer series includes both day hikes and the full 113-mile trek around the Alps from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, from Chamonix to Zermatt.
(ALP35, $25.70) |
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Walking Easy in the Swiss and Austrian Alps
• Chet Lipton
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 221 PAGES
A guide to alpine walks (with directions) and sightseeing throughout the alps of Switzerland and Austria. It includes sketch maps and detailed descriptions of 100 walks, starting from 17 villages and hamlets. With practical information on preparing for your walking holiday, inns and hotels, restaurants and picnicking, dressing for the trail and the rules of the road. Regions are broken up into comfortable walks of a few hours' duration and rated for difficulty.
(WLK02, $24.95) |
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White Spider, The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
• Heinrich Harrer
EXPLORATION •
1998 •
PAPER
• 364 PAGES
The classic tale of a young climber and the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1938. This edition includes photographs, maps, additional chapters by Harrer and Kurt Maix from 1964, and a chronology of attempts on the North Face.
(ALP09, $15.95) |
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Wilhelm Tell
• Friedrich von Schiller
LITERATURE •
1973 •
PAPER
Schiller based his play on chronicles of the Swiss liberation movement, in which Wilhelm Tell played a major role. Since Tell's existence has never been proven, Schiller, a historian by profession, felt he had to devise a figure who would bring the uncertainties and contradictions of the various Swiss chronicles into focus.
(AST03, $19.00) |
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Zurich Map
• ITMB
MAP
A map of Zurich at a scale of 1:8,000. One Side. 39x27 inches.
(SWZ47, $8.95) |
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 145 PAGES
A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95) |
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